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Jabbar Al Janabi

Jabbar Al Janabi is an award-winning visual artist and performing art creator, directorand mentor. His work has been recognized by his peers, the City of Vancouver, theBritish Columbia Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts where he initiated a new art practice using multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural forms of art entitled ANU.ANU has involved an assembly of over 150 performers covering a span of 10 years.

Jabbar Al Janabi has received recognition as an art student in Baghdad. He washonored by exhibiting with his instructors in National exhibitions between the years of 1984 through 1993.

Jabbar Al Janabi received classical training in painting, which is evident in his use ofcolor and line, and the balance of his compositions. However, he decided to abandon the realistic style of the classical and move to more mythological themes using symbols from Mesopotamia and Eastern arts. In his recent work.

Al Janabi uses symbols in combination with contemporary stylization and abstraction to create a more modern style. He uses a variety of mediums including oils, acrylics and mixed media.His paintings can be found in private collections in London (UK), Sweden, Germany, the United Emirates, France, the USA and Canada.